Wire-mesh reenforcement



July 1, 1930. w. E-. WARREN I a 1 WIRE MESH REENFORCEMENT I A I Filed Aug. 18, 1924 Jlttorheys.

Patentediilizly vf .11, 1931s 1 'f 1 distance from "the ods involved considerable buildings orotherfsur; ace dium for ,Ebonding. plastic" wall.

or bond.

rThe can a" method and l to walls of to form a mematerial to. the

means of apply n Prior tomy invention has been common practice to secure wire mesh at a spaced distance from a wall to forma plaster key stretching the-wire mesh'over furring strips on the walh-or by securing the mesh to the wall by special nails havingspacing shoulders thereon to hold the wire .at 'a proper wall. 1 These prior methlaborin properly stretching the wire mesh and were, therefore, comparatively expensive. principal object of the present.in is toprovide a generally improved means by whichwire mesh ma and inexpensively applied to vention method and be properly building walls toqactas a desirable key or bonding medium for plastic coatings; In

accomplishing this object Ifor n the wire the wire mesh.

in partitionsand exterior of a depth reference is I mesh with spaced channel orV-shaped ribs equal to the desired spacingbetween the mesh and the wall to which it is. applied. When applying the wire mesh to a wall or surface,,nails are inserted through the wire mesh laterally of l the ribs and driven men an angle- They are then bent over, thereby contracting'the ribs and draw I ing the wire mesh taut.

To more fully illustrate madej tothe' drawings, in which, H

a portion of a application of the invention,

specification and Fig. l is across-section of wallstructure, showing the,

, perspective view of one form, ofwire mesh employed showingit applied to a wall surface. 1 a

Referring to the. drawings in detail, :and particularly to. Fig. 1-, A indicates the studding of a wall: structure such asieinployed walls of a build; ing, 2 the exterior sheathing nailed or'othere wise applied'thereto, 3 ordinary wood'lath' nailed to the inner surface of the studding,

Fig. 2 is a Y and 4: plaster secured by mea'ns'o'f the wood r J 1wins-Mus nEENro Rc-nivim ra fi ean iist is, 1924. 1i era m..7ia, 6fa; 1 a

.' s! usually required Where "exterio g to be ch cken This has been accomplished by Hin ist belspaced from the' exteriorjsurface o .51

sheath ng to form a keyor the sheathing,

These features 1 qu re time: and

i'n F-ig. 21- T a jsetgo'f rolls or the like in accompanying easily accomplished,

ofapplying the same an OAKLANDX lath lt mamas 'te jssai plastered; A lath is used, but the a {wire mesh such as yards and the like. Th

is wire mesh andffiirring strips must; i f be interposed between the ders" or like are objectionable, as they relabor' and thereby increase expense,

7 be} present "invention contemplates the se.

1e wireinesh is passed through ribs and; cooperating channels. being passed between ofspacing the functions, first t at wire mesh sheathing, and secondly that of" tightening oft-he wire mesh when applying .the same. ;The ribs may be iof any suitable shape such as v shaped "or'ch'annel-shaped ashere shown.

surface is accomplished as follows: mesh is fastened at one end and is then stretched over the surface to be covered.

N ailsj are driven throughthe mesh and i'nto the sheathing on an angle, as indicated-ate, (see Fig. 1') and the nails are then bent over as indicated at 7. 'This bending over of the nails pulls thewire taut between each set .of'ribs and as this work is quickly and it can readily be seen that a minimum of labor and time is required, thereby materially reducingthe cost at the same'ti'me nsuring a taut application of the Wire. The

are bent over and" the shown at 8, and it is therefore obvious that it is of some importance that the width of I Iwire meshn and or special nails having. shouldevices must be employed most"ceii mq rm s M mployed for fencing.

an-ordinary Wire mesh such as shown r 5 ;The wire in these rollsis crimped v or ribbedas indicated at..'5, and these ribs serve "two i The work of applying themesh to a 'Wa-ll The wire.

ribs are slightly contracted when the nails ,5" i

wire tightened as v 75 7 with relation to thefsurface'of the permitting the ribs be sufiicient to permit such contraction. The ribs also serve to strengthen and stiffen the wire, thereby further facilitating Y its application. j v

' 5 lVhile a specific form of wire mesh is shown in Fig. 2, it should be understood that any 'form oi mesh may be employed 7 without departing from the spirit of'the present invention. 5 I 1 10 I-twill be noted that the crimp 5 is formed v I a in art" of twisted strandsand in part of untwisted strands. When completed this crimpe'd portion has two legs, A and ;B,'at one side, and a single leg, C, at the opposite side, the latter formed of twisted strands and .the former madeup of two untwisted strands. Thisarrangement has adecidedadvantageover prior methods, wherein the crimp is formed at the middle of the 1 '0 twisted strands. This arrangement has ade is imposed-upon thetwisted portions of the mesh, increasing the liability of rupture. In andfby my method ther'e is less danger of; breaking "thewira'and an angle Dis dis 5 p osed at the topof the crimp, closely,adja- 7 cent one side, into-which the nail may be" r placed for drawing the mesh taut. r Having hus described my invention, what I/claim and, desire 'to' seoure r by Letters Patent.'i'sp p 7 I A -medium for ,bonding plastic material to a wall,c0n'sisting of wire mesh having twisted and untwisted strands forming in terstices, said mesh having 'crimps formed at intervals therein to spaceit out ifrom the wall, thel c'rimps' being formed partially in the twisted strandsand partially in the untwisted strands, whereby two untwisted strandsprovide two legs at one side of the 49 crimp and a single twisted strand provides one leg at the opposite side of the crimp, the twisted strands forming an angle at the top and closely adjacent to one side of the crimp to receive a fastening device.

V i 7 WILLIAM EnRLE WARREN. 

